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Washington 2015: new highs, new lows

Articles
24 August, 2016

In the year British MPs rejected the practice, assisted suicide in Washington rose to its highest level and was characterised by the youngest participant; shortened doctor-patient relationships; and the rise of financial pressure as a factor

‘Assisted dying’ – disabled views

Letters
12 August, 2016

CNK Campaign Director Dr Peter Saunders writes to The Telegraph, highlighting the breadth and depth of opposition among disabled people to assisted suicide

R4’s euthanasia rallying cry

Articles
5 August, 2016

An edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Inside the Ethics Committee’ brings together a less than objective panel to call for active, non-voluntary euthanasia

Changing the guard

Articles
27 July, 2016

In CNK’s tenth anniversary year, a fond farewell to retiring stalwarts is followed by renewal, as we welcome new Board director Dr Colin Harte

BMA members reject neutrality

Events Reports
21 June, 2016

Delegates at the Annual Representative Meeting in Belfast rejected a move to neutrality on ‘assisted dying’ by 198-115

BMA ARM 2016: why ‘no’ to physician-assisted suicide

Medical Opinion
21 June, 2016

The BMA should reject this latest attempt to push it neutral on assisted suicide and euthanasia

BMA to debate assisted suicide

Medical Opinion
14 June, 2016

At its annual representative meeting next week, the BMA will consider two motions concerning physician-assisted suicide

Me Before You-thanasia

Articles
4 June, 2016

The film adaptation of Jojo Moyes’ ‘Me Before You’ has enraged disabled activists with its depiction of a man living with quadriplegia who wants to end his life

Author of key Lords report dies

Articles
19 May, 2016

Lord Walton of Detchant, the eminent neurologist who died last month, penned a Select Committee report concerning euthanasia still referred to as the ‘gold standard’ today

Dutch sex abuse victim euthanized

Articles
17 May, 2016

A woman in her 20s who was sexually abused as a child has been euthanized in the Netherlands on the basis of the resultant PTSD

Peggy’s suicide: BBC does it again

Press Releases
17 May, 2016

As Eastenders’ Peggy Mitchell commits suicide in the face of terminal cancer, TV’s inability to envisage a positive response to end of life suffering comes back into focus

Dutch euthanasia up again in 2015

Articles
3 May, 2016

The 5,516 deaths reported in the Netherlands in 2015 would translate to more than 20,000 based on a UK-sized population, as paediatricians press for easier child euthanasia and academics report on euthanasia for psychiatric patients.

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